Don’t judge a book by its cover…except just for a second, right now.

October 7, 2013 by Susie

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Lucky me - I just received a copy of The Photography of Modernist Cuisine - the art-book sibling of last year's Modernist Cuisine at Home and the previous year's Modernist Cuisine. It's impressive in every way, especially its cover - 14" x 18" and featuring the top of a tomato, blown up to something like 50 times life-size. It's a… read more

A cookbook so unique it has its own movie trailer

October 7, 2013 by Lindsay

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It's not often we get to quote from the Financial Times in this blog, but they have a intriguing interview with Heston Blumenthal about a new book he's publishing in November. It actually can be considered an old-new book. Called Historic Heston, it's a collection of British recipes from the Middle Ages to Victorian times. According to the FT, "What immediately… read more

The amazing popularity of chicken

October 6, 2013 by Lindsay

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If you asked people (meat eaters) what meat they most often eat, it wouldn't be surprising if they answered "chicken." But, even so, we were really surprised with the information in Fooducate's article "Are Chickens Taking Over the World?" They, in turn, referred to an article in Mother Jones, Has the World Reached Peak Chicken?, which included a number of charts and… read more

Microwave mug cakes

October 4, 2013 by Lindsay

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Somehow we've previously missed the concept of microwave mug cakes - which are exactly what they sound like - super quick cakes you bake in the microwave in a coffee mug. Since these sound like an excellent addition to a comfort food reportoire, we decided to look into them a bit. After a little research, it does appear that… read more

Cooking for a holiday that comes once every 70,000 years

October 3, 2013 by Lindsay

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While Thanksgivukkah is still a bit off, given its rarity, it may be necessary to do a little more planning than usual to honor this unique holiday. Thanksgivukkah occurs this year as the first day of Hanukkah falls on the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday (which, if we just changed to coincide with the Canadian Thanksgiving in October, would stand on its own… read more

10 wonderful British food terms

October 2, 2013 by Lindsay

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First, let us welcome back the Food News Journal, which everyday publishes links to interesting food items. They've been on hiatus and it's great to see them again. And it's thanks to them that we came across this fun news item from the Miami New Times blog: 10 Adorable British Foodisms We Should All Adopt. They give longer descriptions of… read more

The chicken-less egg & Bill Gates

October 1, 2013 by Lindsay

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The L.A. Times recently asked - and answered: "What happens when Bill Gates attacks world hunger? Chicken-less eggs." In the article, they describe how Gates (founder of Microsoft) is now turning his philanthropic attention to world hunger. And one of his approaches is to encourage meat substitutes, "Raising meat takes a great deal of land and water and has a… read more

To the ovens! with, or without a mixer.

October 1, 2013 by Susie

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The fall baking books are trickling in, and a curious phenomenon seems to be cropping up: baking without a mixer. Yvonne Ruperti's One Bowl Baking is an example. Its promise of simplicity is somewhat disingenuous- one bowl, yes, but the equipment glossary (p. 14 - 17) calls out everything from pastry blender to a cake wheel. Still, Ruperti pulls off an impressive… read more

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